Old Bexley Greek Taverna — Restaurant in London

The Greek Taverna used to be a solid restaurant in the area. Nothing fancy or innovative, but classic Greek style dishes cooked well. I dined here in early November 2023 on a Saturday evening and their standards have definitely dropped.

When we sat down we were informed that a large number of starters and main dishes were unavailable. I ordered the Lamb Kleftiko and it when it was served it looked pale and tasted insipid and bland. Thankfully they had salt and pepper shakes on the table, as it really needed some seasoning! My fellow diners also had an OK meal too, although nothing on what we've previously been served.

When I spoke to the server it was suggested that there's been a change in the kitchen staff, but from my perspective as a diner, I shouldn't have to worry about the teething issues with the staff. There seemed to be lots of frustration and excuses given to us as a table. We also did see staff in the kitchen vaping from our table too which did not feel very hygienic for a professional kitchen.

Overall a big disappointment, and a perfect case of a solid restaurant that has rested on its laurels for too long and has now...

Took my lady for a valentines meal. We got there and was directed to go upstairs. My partner did not want too go upstairs due to her bladder problems. We chose a seat as there was not many people there. We sat for a while then ordered our drinks. Then left for ages until the moody waitress arrived. We ordered then waited for a long time for our food. When the food arrived it was cold, bland and burnt to a cinder. My partner had lamb kebab and it was so tough and chared and dryi just couldn't swollow the first bite. I ordered the steak and that was also dry, cold and bland. We got no sauces with our meal and had to ask for them. My partner did not want his dinner and returned. I asked for a refund and they would only give half because she'd eaten some of it. To be honest a kebab would of been cheaper and more tastier. Disgusting service very bland food and the only thing I enjoyed was the carlsberg which was wet. I'm surprised that wasn't dry. Place should be shut down. We ended up with another couple sitting beside us and quickly shot across the road and eventually had a good...

We decided to try this restaurant out because we'd noticed it a few times and we love our Greek food so why not! The menu was really reasonably priced and we liked the atmosphere in the restaurant! It was pretty busy and the service was good everyone was super friendly. We couldn't believe how cheap the meze was for what you got so we decided to go with that as our option. Unfortunately we were very disappointed by the quality of food. We had callimari which was soggy, and every meat dish we had was unfortunately overcooked which resulted in very dry and tasteless dishes. We enjoyed the sardines and the halloumi was just fine, however we quickly realised why the food was so cheap due to lack of quality. We couldn't even stomach the meat platter because it was all so overcooked and supposedly served with "Greek salad" which I would only describe as a block of feta and some lettuce and tomato. Although we walked away with not too much of a dent in our bank accounts, we were disappointed overall by the food we tasted. Maybe they were having a bad night...